John Telford has run on many tracks during his tumultuous seventy-three years—not all of them always the right ones. He outran Olympic champions, hosted radio shows, appeared on television, wrote over one thousand newspaper columns, coached and taught in ghetto schools and in colleges, led school districts and social service agencies, and fought for urban school reform and minority rights. But he also was incarcerated as a teen, was expelled from a Detroit high school for brawling with an administrator and was attacked for his controversial educational and social initiatives.

Dr. Telford pulls no punches telling his often scandalous, sometimes humorous, yet poignant and inspiring life story—which Michigan state senator Hansen Clarke calls “Unadulterated dynamite!” and a former ACLU national legal director calls “A triumphant tale of racing, rebellion, and raw courage.”  In this blockbuster autobiography, an electrifying educator, athlete, lover, and poet bares his soul.  Once you start reading it, you won't be able to stop!

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About the Author

Dr. John Telford has long been called a lightning rod for controversy. He retired in 1991 as the deputy superintendent of schools in 98 percent white Rochester, Michigan, where skinheads riddled his house with midnight gunfire for hiring black administrators. After retiring, he became an executive director in the Detroit Public Schools, where he clashed with inept top administrators. He served most recently as superintendent of the Madison District Schools and was fired for recruiting hundreds of Detroit students against the wishes of white residents. Undefeated at 400 meters in Europe as a world-ranked sprinter, Dr. Telford coached champions and authored a noted book on the quarter mile--The Longest Dash. In 1978, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame. He has written newspaper columns, hosted radio shows, and directed human-rights agencies. A former director of the innovative and controversial Division of Basic Education at Macomb Community College and a published poet, he also taught at Wayne State and Oakland universities.  For more information on Dr. John Telford and his list of events please visit www.alifeontherun.com.
 

MIAuthors / 480p /  0-89990-149-2 / Hardcover / 2010 / $24.95 ** Sale $16.95**

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 Reviews

"The legendary legacy of a legendary leader."

Lloyd Carr, head football coach, the University of Michigan, 1995-2007

"Once one of the fastest men on the planet, John Telford remains a fast and indomitable fighter for human rights.  His luminous life story is in turn outraged, droll, scandalous, and sexy.  Also, his sometimes self-deprecating and dryly ironic humor never fails to make the discerning reader smile."

Dr. Wayne Dyer, world-renowned self-help author and lecturer